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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Oyarsa?
(a) The ruler of the planet
(b) The head of the sorn
(c) The head teacher in the village
(d) Their military leader

2. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
(a) Excited
(b) Surprised and shocked.
(c) Indifferent
(d) Happy

3. Why does Ransom think about suicide?
(a) He figures he could mess up Devine's plan if he was dead
(b) He thinks it would be better than death at the hand of some terrible beast
(c) He is depressed
(d) He's very home sick and fears he'll never see earth again

4. Ransom strips off his clothes because:
(a) there is a bug crawling down his shirt
(b) he wants a uniform to show his authority
(c) he is going to take a shower
(d) the heat is intense

5. How does he deal with his thirst?
(a) He chews some of the berries
(b) He ignores it
(c) He drinks from the stream
(d) He dips his shirt in the stream and dribbles a small amount of water in his mouth

6. Where does Ransom run as he's getting away?
(a) Across a field of plants that look like corn
(b) Into a forest of tall, purple plants
(c) Into a large, crowded city
(d) Back to the space ship

7. What does Ransom do when he finally stops for a moment?
(a) Picks up some berries that might be edible
(b) Sits down beside a stream of warm water
(c) Sits down and begins to cry
(d) Ptrips off his shirt and pants and bathes in a stream

8. The core of the ship is:
(a) contains argon and helium
(b) hollow
(c) solid metal
(d) made of molten lava

9. Because the moon looks so strange to Ransom, what does he think?
(a) He thinks Weston must have hypnotized him
(b) He thinks it must be a harvest moon
(c) He thinks he's asleep and dreaming
(d) He wonders if the drug he was given in his drink has affected his vision

10. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) only what Ransom knows
(b) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent
(c) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(d) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god

11. The view outside the window is:
(a) a beautiful waterfall
(b) a forest that he doesn't recognize
(c) a meadow full of cows
(d) of stars and what may be the moon

12. The nameless pedestrian who is walking along an English lane is called:
(a) Larry Weaks
(b) Edwin Ransom
(c) Jerrold Jones
(d) Harold James

13. What does the woman ask of Ransom?
(a) To carry some milk in from the barn
(b) To make sure Harry is sent home safely
(c) To help her move a sofa
(d) To find out how late Harry plans to be

14. Who surrounds Ransom as they walk into the hross's home village?
(a) Small, furry animals who remind Ransom of dogs
(b) The women of the hross
(c) Armed hross who take him to a prison
(d) Hross children and other adult hross

15. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:
(a) keep from getting laryngitis
(b) conserve air
(c) listen the the hum of the engine
(d) eat his ham and eggs

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:

2. What does Harry do at the Rise?

3. Ransom contemplates what he has learned from Weston and realizes he's ready to face what?

4. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?

5. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?

(see the answer keys)

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